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With the shortened NHL season and the long lockout, betting on the NHL is going to be very different than it usually is. We learned this from the NBA last year when their shortened season led to countless handicapping headaches - especially early in the year. The biggest key for hockey bettors, then, will be avoiding costly mistakes. Here are six mistakes that a lot of bettors are likely to make: Not compensating for movement - In normal circumstances it can take … [Read more...]
New Jersey At Los Angeles, Game 6, 8:00 p.m. EDT Watching the New Jersey Devils attempt to become the first team in seven decades to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the Stanley Cup final is causing Glenn "Chico" Resch to have flashbacks. Before you get too excited: Resch wasn't a member of the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, the only team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup after trailing 3-0. But he knows about coming back from big deficits in the playoffs, and is … [Read more...]
Both the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings endured long plane flights Thursday as the Stanley Cup finals shifted back to the East Coast from the West Coast for Saturday's Game 5. The Devils knew going into Game 4 on Wednesday night that they would have to make this trip. The only question was whether they were returning home to play again or to clean out their lockers. The Kings were hoping their airplane days were finished. But instead of making plans for a … [Read more...]
The old adage in the four major American sports leagues is that home-court/field/ice advantage is least important in the NHL because it’s much easier to win on the road in that league for whatever reason. Perhaps that’s why we see many higher-seeded teams advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs and it’s almost old hat to see a No. 8 upset a No. 1. Perhaps I should have considered this before predicting a New Jersey Devils victory in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals … [Read more...]
Justin Williams remembers every game of the Carolina Hurricanes' 25-game grind through the 2006 playoffs. He knows all about the blood, sweat and exhaustion necessary to raise the Stanley Cup. That's why he realizes the NHL playoffs aren't usually as easy as the Los Angeles Kings have made them look so far. Although Williams and his teammates have prepared for lengthy series in every round of the postseason, but they haven't even had to play a Game 6 yet. "If you … [Read more...]